Tungsten (W)

Group 4: Adelina, Daniel, Mansur

Science facts:
Name: Tungsten

Atomic symbol: W

Atomic number: 74

Atomic mass: 184

Melting point: 3,422°C

Boiling point: 5,555°C

State at room temp: solid

Tungsten facts

Tungsten is also called “Wolfram”

Tungsten is the rare metal that

found at earth by the naturally

Pure Tungsten is a silver-white metal

Fun fact about Tungsten #1

It is super dense and almost

impossible to melt.
it has highest melting point.
(3,422°C)
Fun fact #2
Tungsten sometimes is
substitution for gold.
 Fun fact #3
Tungsten has Highest Tensile
Strength.
(Tensile strength is defined as the “resistance to lengthwise stress)
Tungsten uses
Tungsten used in light
bulbs.

Tungsten used for alloys to

make them strong.

Used to make electrons.

Used in military to make

bullets.

Used to make rings.

Discovery of element
The metal was discovered by
Spanish nobleman Juan José D
´Elhuyar, who eventually
synthesized tungsten from both
wolframite and scheelite – showing
they were both minerals from the
same new element.
Name
The name "tungsten" (which means
"heavy stone" in Swedish) is used in
English, French, and many other
languages as the name of the
element, but not in the Nordic
countries.
"Tungsten" was the old Swedish name
for the mineral scheelite. "Wolfram"
(or "volfram") is used in most
European (especially Germanic,
Spanish and Slavic) languages and is
derived from the mineral wolframite
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